I timed myself building landing pages in Bolt.new vs Cursor. Bolt.new is faster for the first version. Cursor is faster for iteration. Here is the exact split I use.
How fast is Bolt.new for a landing page?
90 minutes from prompt to live URL. I prompted: ‘Build a 3-page landing page for a SaaS product. Home, features, pricing. Use Tailwind CSS. Mobile responsive.’ Bolt.new generated the complete project, deployed to Vercel automatically. I spent 30 minutes customizing colors and copy. Total time: 2 hours.
When should you switch from Bolt.new to Cursor?
When you need to add custom logic. Bolt.new handles the UI well but adding auth, a database, or custom API routes takes longer in Bolt than in Cursor. I build the landing page in Bolt.new, then clone the repo and continue in Cursor for the backend. This hybrid approach is faster than using either tool alone.
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